Anchor



March 30,1926. 1,578,947

I W. L. ALBER ANCHOR Filed April 24, 1925 n A r.

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Patend Mar. 30, 1926. j

Y WALTER L. Annunci* `ciiicneo,ILLINioIs.

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' 'Appucauongmea Ap'ii 24, iz's. Yrse'iiai nq. 25,4931:Ak `Y` BeitYknown that I, VALTER citizen `ofthe United States, and a resident ofChicagofCool; County, Illinois, haveinventedan' Improvement in Anchors,of whiclr l Y y, y l .l l

' l nail loosely at the shank ofthe nail, but will l u the following isa specitication.

This invention relates to anchors and 4with regard to certain morespecific features ,to anchorsfor sleepers or studdingswhich abut'against'concretewor other once'V plastic inaterial. I

` Among the severalobj'ects of'tlieinvention;

may be noted the provision ci:` a. simple, rugged, and inexpensive,Vone-piece anchor, adaptedtoV be flat until put into use, and adapted tobe readily laid "and Vaccurately aligned when used in numbers:`

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction,combinations oi' elements, and arrangementsof parts which are yexemplified in the structurehereinafter de- 4sie scribed and the scopeof the application of which willbe indicated in the following claims. vV

In the accompanying drawings in which isk shown one of various 'possibleembodiments of the invention, Y

Fig. 1 is a front elevationof the anchor;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of lthe anchor; y Fig. 3 is a side eleva-tionof the anchor;` Fig. l is a plan view of the stamped blank 'from whichthe anchor is made, andshows in dotted lines thepoints at whichformative bendingis made totake place; l l l y Fig. 5 is a sideelevation showinga number of anchors fastened to an aligning board;

Fig.16 is a cross section showing an anchor on its aligning board andsunkin concrete;

The ears or `plates 11 are provided with Fig. 7 is a view similarto Fig.6 showing modified use of the de vi'ce'and an alternate position of thealigning board; and, f

Fig. Sshows the anchor buriedin concrete and applied to 'a sleeper.'`Referring no w more .wedgegor bridge 1 are integrally formed subf-lstantially horizontal'ears or` platesY 11.

planev with one particularly to Figs..

1 to' inclusive, there isv illustrated vat 1 a method of mounting tobeused. Y-

.Y Fig.

pairsof fastening holes 'pairs of'side notches 15.v V.The holes 13 "areadapted tor ceive nails or screws comparable in size kto about aten-penny nail., 'The notches 15 are adapted to receivesaidiapproximatesizeof nO` permitthejpassage ofthe fiat 'of 'f such' a nail. y J

At the ends ofk theears'" 11 i arepr'ovided notches 1,7 comparable'insize to thefnotches o :t the material ot theear.

15 but'not formed so deeplynfroin"theedgek u '4 Themanufacturingfmethodused formait- ,ing the anchor isjsimple. "As illustrated inV Fig. 4 aflat blank is punched or otherwise formed outlvoffa relatively lightgauge of., l ,Y

lsheet metal embodying in Iits shape the; i'e-atures notedregardingthefears.

The latearsare (as shown'by'tlie t) joined byv means otra strip of fiatsheet metal eration has been required.

Next thevflanges T are bentupwardly on thefourdotted' lilies 23ysh'0wnvin Fig; ,l These lines `pass from the ends ofthe vnotches A 21 and runto the edges of thefst'ripr 1Q-*at 'i its juncturel with'the ears. Y Asstated, the de'- vice is made entirely of aj single piece of materialsotha-tf said juncture is not aijoint. i

The next; operation listo bend 'the strip y19 at the dotted rline, 25(Fig. 4) to forni the limbs'of the wedge 1. :This bending operationinvolves .l overlapping the now formed langes';V

Simultaneously wth'the lastiianied operation the ears. 11 `arelfientinto a single lines 27.

'Y Finally the no'wlat ears 11 aregivena l i poses to* be described. Y l

j To ,plant the anchors in concrete,l an alignment board Ais madel up.This board comprises any` suitable piece oft `l'ilvanlring. 29

slight upward concave curvature forpur- (Figs. 5 and 6) providedvwithksets or'pairs l of nails 31 driven not quitehoine in oneside .of theplank. The 'separate nailsof ay pair are spaced either' the lateraldistance apart of two ofthenotches 15 in loppositey'eaijs',or thelateral distance apart of the notches 17 in the opposite ears, dependingyupoiint-he vFiglrgzs. 5 and 61show the former spacing and another alongthe dottedV l the latter spacing.` Thellongitudinal im y lli)

spacing of thev pairs may be arranged to suit'the job in hand.

. As stated, the nails are not driven home I but have space beneaththeir heads 33V vequaly approximately to the thickness of metal in theanchor.

' To mount anchors on the'board, the preferred method to be used istospace the nails for the notches 15-as shown in Figs. 5 and A6.

The anchors are then slipped in under the heads 433 byplacing the kears11 flat on the board and causing `a pair of the notches 15 toregisterwith` a pair of nails 31. The slightly concave suriacesotl theears 11, serve to givel them resiliency so that they'inay conform tovarious amounts of spacing which may be underthe nail heads.-

v Afterhaving mounted upon the board, as many anchors as are required tohold a. sleeper, orgasmanyr Yas need'be in a straight 1ine,t`he boardis'laid downv upon -the wet Vconcrete in which the anchors are Vto bemounted.

The wedges lare made to point down- 'wardly.v Next af'workman or otherperson treads uponY the board, thereby pressing the wedges 1 intotheconcrete. Y The pointed shape of Ithe wedges serves tov push and wedgeVyaside stones, gravel, etc., which may be encountered in the concretemix.

Thus'the anchors are driven into the concrete which flows in Aover thelimbs of wedge 1. The under-surface'of Vthe board 29 lpreventsdeformation of the concrete surface. The flanges' 7 serve to brace thelim-:bs against deformation when hard masses are encountered, and theirupwardly tapering shape 6.). prevents pulling out of the anchor fromhardened concrete should the .limbs break apart at line due to any cause`notches 15 vbeen used the motion of the board would have been in theAopposite direction for removal.

Upon moving the board longitudinally the heads of the nails are Jfreedkof the notches 15y and the board is free to be lifted and again usedfor aligning a newfbatch of anchors. The nails need not be removed or.reset in the aligning board in lorder Vto be used as often as desiredfor the purposes described.

VThe concrete of course hardensv about the anchor and after a period oftime a sleepery 35 L(Fig. 8) may be'placed overand between the ears 11.The ears are then turned verktically and fastened tothe sides of theysary to lift said board. l

When the board is lifted the ears .11 bend vupwardly untilthe nail headsare able to .It is to be understood that the aligningv board may beremoved either while the con crete is wet or when it has dried. Theresistance to motion throughl wet concrete offered by the` flanges?? isA@Hough t0 `keep I the Vanchors in place. Of. course,` it-it` is theanchors until the concrete "dries ai'ter which said board may be removedas' re-y cited.

chors to the aligningboard is illustrated in F ig. 7. As shown the nails37 are spaceda lateral distance apart equal to the lateral distancebetween the end notches 17 of the anchor. rllhe `nails are not drivenhome but have, as before, a space under the head.

f To mount the -anchors rone of the end notches 17'is registered underVthe heado one of the nails 37. The limbs of the wedge 1 are then sprungtogether slightly and the other notch 17 permitted to register with theother nail 37. Upon releasing the wedge limbs, the registration ofnotches under the nail heads is completely accomplished because of thespring in the lmaterial-ot' ytheV anchor.

To force the anchors into the concrete the board is trod upon as before.v the board A'from the anchors, embedded in either wet or dry concrete,it is only .necesclear the ends of the ears 11. The alternate positionoip4 the anchor ears shownnrFig. 8

1 v1s accomplished.

Immediately after the nails pass fromin underfthe ears 11, said earsspring :back into their flat position on the surface .of the concrete..e 3 y The anchor may now, .as before be applied to a sleeper or otherkelement by turning up the ears 11, andnai'ling them to said sleeper orelement, by. .means of nails passed through holes 13. l

There have been described herein, alter-- nate ways YforV fastening theanchors 'to the aligning board and alternate ways for removing theboard. Thesefalternatives are incorporated in a single anchor sothat aperson setting the anchor may have a lchoice of y mounting methods.Thisv feature permits of a wide range of adaptability of the anchor.

The fact that the ancho-r, after planting or setting, lies flat untilapplied to ka sleeper is of great advantage where objects and materialare wheeled over a floor.

The single piece, wedge shape construc- The alternate Vway' forfastening the an-V partly finishedl desired, the aligning boardi'may'belett with To remove y tion has obvious-advantages herein related,

and the aligning feature is of 'inestimable value where long rows of theanchors are to be used.

In view of the above, itwill be seen that the several objects of theinvention are achieved and other advantageous resultsob-y tained. Y f 1As various possible embodimentsmightbe made o-f the above invention andas'variousY changes might-be made in the embodiment above set forth, itis to oeunderstoodthat all matter herein'set forth o r shown in theaccompanying drawings isto be interpreted' as illustrative and not in alimiting sense,

I claim: f l. A. one piece anchor for sleepers and the y like comprisinga bridgeadapted to be sunk in aplastic composition and sidewardly ex- 20tending ears thereon, means on said ears for detachably fasteningthe-anchor, to a device Ifor laying the anchor with the ears fiat,V

and means on said ears "for permanently fastening the ranchor to thesides 'of a sleeper.

2. A one piece anchor 'for sleepers and-the like comprisindan upwardlyflanged inverted bridgeadapted to be sunk in a plastic v mounting saidanchor 4on an aligning device and whereby the anchor may befreed of thealigningdevice by movement of the device when the anchor is set, sa`idmeans comprising a bulge in the ears and 'notchesthere in by means ofwhich the ears may be partially forced in underheads of nails partiallydrivenvinto said aligning device.

A one piece anchor for sleepers and the lilre comprising a bridgeadapted to be sunk in a plastic composition and `sidewardly lextendingears thereon, longitudinal upwardly tapering flanges thereon adapted toretain the anchor in position after laying althoughv the bridge breaks,means'on said ears for de-` tachably fastening the anchor to a devicefor laying the anchor with the-ears flat, "and means on said ears forpermanently fastening the anchor to the sides of a sleeper.

5. An anchor for sleepers and the like comprising a bodyof wedgeV shape,side' wardly extending ears" thereon, adapted to .y Y be flat until bent'upwardly for fastening, j

sideward notches in said ears adapted to slip',-

Vinnnder the heads offpartially ydriven'nails kin an aligning device andadapted to permit removal of thesaid device byr'elativelongitudinalmovement ofthe saine. Y.

6. An anchorffor sleeper'sand the like comprising a body of wedgeshape,side

wardly extending ears thereon vadapted to be flat until bent upwardlyfor fastening', Vlateral notches in said ears adapted to slip in underthe heads of a pair of partially driven.. nails in'an aligningd,evice,and adapted to Y permit removal of vthe said device by relativevertical 'movement of the same, thereby temporarily, springingl thelears from ktheir flatposition so as to pass betweensaid nail heads. v

comprising a' body of wedgel shape, sidewardlyy extending vears 'thereonadapted toV be flat until bent upwardly for fastening, sideward` notchesin said ears adapted to slip 7- Anl anchor for, sleepers and the like SQi in underthe heads of partially' diiveii'nails in an aligning deviceandadapted to `perfi mit removal of the said deviceby relativevlongitudinal movement ofthe same, and lateral notches in vsaid earsadapted to slip inunder the heads of va pair'of partially driven nailsin an aligning-device, vsaid lateral notches being adapted'ito permitremoval of'V j the said device by relative verticalmoveinent of thesame, thereby temporarily springing the ears from'their fiat positionsoas tofpass relatively heads.

8. A one-pieceanchor forsleepers and the like, comprising a body `ofwedge shape adapted to-be sunk in a plastic composition, upwardlytapered anges on said wedge downwardly betweeny lsaid nail shapedbodymember, and sidewardly exltending ears thereon.

- 9. An anchor Lfor sleepers and" the i' like comprising abody of wedgeshape having lateral ears thereon, notches in the ears fortemporarily'slipping the ears in -under parf tially raised heads of analigning device and holes-in the ears whereby they may perma nently befastened-t0 a sleeper'by a connection through said holes. l

In testimony whereof, I have signedmy name to this vspecification this17th dayfof April, 1925.

. vWALTER L ALBER.

